Class 1 Maths Worksheet: Subtraction
The method (Count back): Start at the bigger number. Count back the number you take away. How many more or how many left = bigger number − smaller number. Check by adding back: answer + number taken away = the first number.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.What is 10 less than 13?
- 2.What is 6 less than 11?
- 3.There are 10 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 4.Joseph had 15 pencils and gave 7 to a friend. How many pencils does Joseph have left?
- 5.What is 2 less than 9?
- 6.There are 9 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 7.What is 5 less than 7?
- 8.9 − 5 =
- 9.5 − ? = 1
- 10.Diya had 19 kites and gave 6 to a friend. How many kites does Diya have left?
- 11.? − 3 = 6
- 12.8 − 4 =
- 13.What is 4 less than 5?
- 14.There are 20 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 15.3 − 2 =
- 16.What is 4 less than 6?
- 17.Ishaan had 16 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Ishaan have left?
- 18.Riya had 9 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Riya have left?
- 19.What is 7 less than 11?
- 20.Priya had 4 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Priya have left?
- 21.11 − 1 =
- 22.Zoya had 14 marbles and gave 6 to a friend. How many marbles does Zoya have left?
- 23.6 − ? = 4
- 24.There are 5 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 25.What is 3 less than 16?
- 26.5 − 4 =
- 27.There are 9 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 28.There are 6 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 29.15 − ? = 8
- 30.? − 2 = 8
- 31.9 − ? = 2
- 32.13 − 12 =
- 33.What is 1 less than 10?
- 34.5 − 3 =
- 35.Aditya had 10 shells and gave 8 to a friend. How many shells does Aditya have left?
- 36.Joseph had 13 balloons and gave 8 to a friend. How many balloons does Joseph have left?
- 37.19 − 11 =
- 38.What is 1 less than 7?
- 39.What is 1 less than 4?
- 40.There are 4 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
Answer key
- 3
- 5
- 6
- 8
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 13
- 9
- 4
- 1
- 17
- 1
- 2
- 12
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 10
- 8
- 2
- 2
- 13
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 7
- 10
- 7
- 1
- 9
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 8
- 6
- 3
- 1
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